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VETERANS REMEMBER
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Robert Berry at Basic Training, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO in 1951. This image is considered to be in the public domain.
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Berry is leaving the drop zone while attending Airborne training at Ft. Benning, GA, fall 1951. Narrator's photo.
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Members of the 187th constructing fencing for POW compounds on Koje Do island. Berry's legs are visible in top left corner of photo. Narrator's photo.
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Berry in Japan with his friend Kenny, an artist working at a serviceman's club, and also a former Kamikaze pilot who missed his flight due to pneumonia. Narrator's photo.
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John Saddler, the only member of the 187th Airborne Regiment who was killed at Koje Do while putting down the POW rebellion. Narrator's photo.
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